Combination hay and hog rack.



J. E. BRIGHT.

COMBINATION HAY AND HOG RACK.

APPLICATION FILED my 25, 1912.

Q69,759.- Patented Aug.12,1913.

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COMBINATION HAY AND HOG RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1912.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Serial No. 699,722.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. BRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lamont, in the county of Dundy and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Hay and HogRacks, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to wagon bodies and the principal object of theinvention is to produce an improved wagon body which may be convertedfrom a hay wagon into a wagon for carrying live animals such as hogs orcalves, or may be used for carrying corn, or other commodities.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved type of bracefor the side walls so that they may be held in either an open or closedposition.

\Vith the above and other objects in View, this invention consists ingeneral of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate likeparts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a perspective view of thewagon body, converted into a hog rack. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary endelevation of the hay wagon. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one portionof one of the side braces. Fig. 4L is a perspective view of the pawlwhich engages the brace shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewthrough the brace, and shOWS the manner of connecting the pawl with thebrace.

In the accompanying drawings it will be seen that this inventioncomprises the bottom 10 with which the side walls 11 and end walls 12are pivotally connected by means of suitable hinges. The side Walls areprovided with the end bracing bars 141 which form continuations of thehinges which connect the side walls with the bottom and are alsoprovided with intermediate braces 15 with which the adjusting means isconnected. Brackets 16 are carried by the bottom beneath theintermediate bracing bars 15 and rods 17 are pivotally connected withthe brackets 16 and have their upper ends pivotally connected with thepawls 18. Each of these bracing bars 15 is provided with a rib 19 whichis supported above the bar by means of a web 20 thus leaving the sideportions of the rib in spaced relation to the bracing bar. rib 19 andare engaged by the pawl 18 so that the side walls may be held in theposition shown in Fig. 3 or in the position shown in Fig. 2. The pivotears 22 of the pawl 18 carry pins 23 which extend beneath the sideportions of the rib 19 so that the pawl will be prevented from becomingdetached from the rib. It will thus be seen that after the side wallshave been raised to the position shown in Fig. 3 that the pawls cannotslip from the ribs and, therefore, there is no danger of the side wallsdropping from the raised positions and thus permitting the animal toescape, or the contents of the wagon to spill out.

Hooks 2 1 are carried by the forward ends of the side walls and areconnected with chains 25 carried by the front wall 12 so that the frontwall may be held in the position shown in Fig. 1 in order to convert thewagon into a hay wagon. It is, of course, obvious that when the wagon isin the form shown in Fig. 3 that the hooks may be connected with thefront wall thus preventing the front wall from dropping. Hooks 26 arealso carried by the rear end portions of the side walls and are adaptedto engage the rear wall so that the rear wall may be held in a raisedposition or may be lowered as shown in Fig. 2 in order to lead the pigsinto the wagon, or may be placed fiat upon the bottom of the wagon, asshown in Fig. 1.

WVhen using this device as a hog rack the side walls are raised to theposition shown in Fig. 3 and are held in this raised position by thelocking pawls 18. The front wall is raised and held in the raisedposition by means of the hooks 24 and the rear wall is lowered to form agang way up which the hogs may be led. After the hog is placed in thewagon the rear door is raised and the hog will then be held in theWagon. If desired, the wagon when in the position shown in Fig. 3 may beused for conveying articles of food such, for instance, as potatoes,cabbages, corn, or the like. "When it is desired to convert this wagoninto a hay wagon the hooks 24 are connected with the chains 25 so thatthe front wall may be moved outwardly and the pawls 18 will then bereleased from the teeth 21 thus permitting the side walls to be movedoutwardly and are Teeth 21 are formed upon the s then supported in theoutward position by releasing the pawl and permitting it to be broughtinto engagement with the teeth again.

It should be noted that the pins 23 which are carried by the pivot ears22 of the pawls are mounted in the space beneath the side portions ofthe rib 19 and therefore the pawls are held in engagement with the ribsI and prevented from slipping out of place.

lVhen this wagon is used as a hay wagon the rear wall is lowered uponthe bottom 10 of the wagon and the hooks 26 which are connected with thedoor act as additional braces for supporting the s1de walls near otallyconnected with said brackets, pawls pivot-ally connected with the freeends of said rods, and adapted to engage the teeth of said ribs, tohold'said side walls in a desired position, pins carried by the pivotears of. said pawlsand fitting beneath said ribs Copies of this patentmay be obtained for to 51016. said pawls in engagement with said ro s.

2. A wagon body comprising a bottom, side walls hinged to said bottom,bracing bars extending from said hinges and extending vertically uponsaid side walls, rack teeth formed upon said bars, said bars beingprovided with longitudinally-extending side grooves, brackets carried bysaid bot tom, rods pivotally connected with said brackets, pawlspivotally connected with the free ends of said rods and adapted toengage the teeth of said bars to hold said side walls in an adjustedposition, and pins carried by the pivot ears of said pawls andpositioned in said grooves to slidably connect said pawls with saidbars.

3. A wagon body comprising a bottom, side walls hinged to said bottom,bracing bars carried by said side walls and provided with rack teethupon their outer faces, brackets carried by said bottom, rods pivotallyconnected with said brackets, and

pawls pivotally connected with said rods and slidably connected withsaid bars, whereby said pawls may be brought into and out of engagementwith the teeth of said bars to hold said side walls in an adjustedposition.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature 1n presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES E. BRIGHT. lVitnesses:

\VM. H. LARNED, A. BRIGHT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

